Dr. Scott Conrad has been the Senior Director of Information Technology at the Santa Rosa Junior College for the past 7 years. At the SRJC Scott was part of the successful 2016 SRJC accreditation team, leading the development of IIIC. At the SRJC he co-leads the Institutional Technology Group, which creates the District technology plan and manages the budget for bond spending on technology. He was part of the District Strategic Plan executive committee and the 2014 $410M Measure H bond campaign approved by the voters, including over $75M in funding for new technology.
Dr. Conrad earned his Ed.D. while working full time through Chapman/Brandman and did his thesis work on recommended best practices and mitigation for successful adoption of the California statewide LMS system. Dr. Conrad worked in the private sector for 27 years in Engineering and Software project management for HP and several startups in addition to teaching as an adjunct instructor at night for Golden Gate University prior to joining the SRJC. At HP, Dr. Conrad was involved in six sigma quality reviews and ISO 9000 quality business process audits. Dr. Conrad has an Ed D in Organizational Leadership from Chapman University, MS in Engineering, Management of Technology from Walden University, MBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Minnesota and a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.